Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
2007.


I'm now noting specific home video formats.
In theaters:

[pv] = Projected DVD or similar low-res format.
[dp] = High-res digital projection.


001. (01 Jan) The Rules of the Game (1939, Jean Renoir) **

002. (01 Jan) Notes on a Scandal (2006, Richard Eyre) *

003. (05 Jan) The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973, Peter Yates) *1/2

004. (06 Jan) The Good German (2006, Steven Soderbergh) **

005. (07 Jan) The Painted Veil (2006, John Curran) **1/2

006. (13 Jan) Children of Men (2006, Alfonso Cuarón) *1/2

007. (14 Jan) Pan's Labyrinth (2006, Guillermo del Toro) *1/2

008. (20 Jan) Dreamgirls (2006, Bill Condon) **1/2

009. (20 Jan) Mirage (1965, Edward Dmytryk) ***

010. (21 Jan) True Confessions (1981, Ulu Grosbard) **

011. (27 Jan) The Pursuit of Happyness (2006, Gabriele Muccino) A Columbia Pictures release

012. (28 Jan) Venus (2006, Roger Michell) **1/2

013. (28 Jan) /Thieves Like Us/ (1974, Robert Altman) ** [last seen: 19 Dec 02, theatrically]

014. (03 Feb) Iraq in Fragments (2006, James Longley) *1/2

015. (03 Feb) Holiday (1938, George Cukor) **1/2

016. (10 Feb) Smokin' Aces (2007, Joe Carnahan) *

017. (10 Feb) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, George Roy Hill) ***

018. (11 Feb) Breaking and Entering (2006, Anthony Minghella) *

019. (17 Feb) /Shoot the Piano Player/ (1960, François Truffaut) ** [last seen: Fall 2001, on DVD]

020. (18 Feb) Hickey & Boggs (1972, Robert Culp) *1/2

021. (19 Feb) Music and Lyrics (2007, Marc Lawrence) *1/2

022. (24 Feb) Starter for 10 (2007, Tom Vaughan) *

023. (24 Feb) /Vertigo/ (1958, Alfred Hitchcock) [70mm] ** [last seen: 1996, in 70mm]

024. (03 Mar) Play It Again, Sam (1972, Herbert Ross) *

025. (03 Mar) /Modern Romance/ (1981, Albert Brooks) *** [last seen: 16 Sep 06, on DVD]

026. (04 Mar) /The Verdict/ (1982, Sidney Lumet) [DVD] ***1/2 [last seen: Summer 2002, on DVD]

027. (04 Mar) Black Snake Moan (2007, Craig Brewer) ***1/2

028. (10 Mar) Zodiac (2007, David Fincher) ****1/2

029. (10 Mar) Breach (2007, Billy Ray) *

030. (11 Mar) /Rolling Thunder/ (1977, John Flynn) ** [last seen: 23 Mar 2003, on VHS]

031. (14 Mar) The Host (2007, Bong Joon-ho) ***1/2

032. (17 Mar) Make Way for Tomorrow (1937, Leo McCarey) ****

033. (18 Mar) Brotherhood of Death (1976, Bill Berry) **1/2

034. (22 Mar) Grindhouse (2007, Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth, Quentin Tarantino, Edgar Wright, Rob Zombie) *1/2

035. (24 Mar) Reign Over Me (2007, Mike Binder) **

036. (24 Mar) The Lives of Others (2007, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck) *1/2

037. (25 Mar) Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971, Roger Vadim) **1/2

038. (29 Mar) Knocked Up (2007, Judd Apatow) no stars

039. (31 Mar) Offside (2007, Jafar Panahi) *

040. (01 Apr) The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2007, Ken Loach) *1/2

041. (06 Apr) Pretty Poison (1968, Noel Black) [DVD] **1/2

042. (07 Apr) The Lookout (2007, Scott Frank) **1/2

043. (07 Apr) The TV Set (2007, Jake Kasdan) ***

044. (08 Apr) Killer of Sheep (1977, Charles Burnett) *1/2

045. (08 Apr) Field of Dreams (1989, Phil Alden Robinson) *

s01. (12 Apr) Dating Dusty (2007, Shonali Bhowmik, Heather Lawless, Chelsea Peretti, Andrea Rosen) [online video]

046. (14 Apr) Junior Bonner (1972, Sam Peckinpah) **1/2

047. (15 Apr) After the Wedding (2007, Susanne Bier) **1/2

s02. (16 Apr) Unloved (2002, Patrick Daughters) [YouTube]

048. (21 Apr) Disturbia (2007, D.J. Caruso) **

049. (21 Apr) Forty Guns (1957, Samuel Fuller) **

050. (22 Apr) Year of the Dog (2007, Mike White) ***

051. (28 Apr) The Wrong Man (1956, Alfred Hitchcock) *1/2

052. (29 Apr) Jindabyne (2007, Ray Lawrence) ***

053. (05 May) Lucky You (2007, Curtis Hanson) **1/2

054. (05 May) Electra Glide in Blue (1973, James William Guercio) ***1/2

055. (06 May) Playtime (1967, Jacques Tati) [70mm] ***

056. (06 May) Waitress (2007, Adrienne Shelly) **

057. (08 May) Zoo (2007, Robinson Devor) **1/2

058. (12 May) 28 Weeks Later (2007, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo) *

059. (12 May) Paris, Texas (1984, Wim Wenders) *1/2

060. (13 May) /Blue Collar/ (1978, Paul Schrader) ***1/2 [first viewing: ****1/2] [last seen: 6 Sep 03, on DVD]

061. (18 May) We Own the Night (2007, James Gray) *1/2

062. (19 May) The Gravy Train (1974, Jack Starrett) *

063. (20 May) Night of the Comet (1984, Thom Eberhardt) *

064. (26 May) Once (2007, John Carney) **

065. (27 May) /The Third Man/ (1949, Carol Reed) **1/2 [last seen: Dec 99, on DVD]

066. (28 May) Paris, je t'aime (2007, Various) *1/2 [Alexander Payne's 14ème Arrondissement: ****; All the rest: * - **1/2]

067. (31 May) Odd Man Out (1947, Carol Reed) *1/2

068. (02 Jun) Seven Men from Now (1956, Budd Boetticher) **1/2

069. (02 Jun) The Tall T (1957, Budd Boetticher) **1/2

070. (03 Jun) ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007, Dori Berinstein) *1/2

071. (03 Jun) /Ride Lonesome/ (1959, Budd Boetticher) *** [last seen: Summer 2002, theatrically]

072. (03 Jun) /Comanche Station/ (1960, Budd Boetticher) *** [last seen: Summer 2002, theatrically]

073. (09 Jun) Ocean's Thirteen (2007, Steven Soderbergh) *

074. (09 Jun) Away From Her (2007, Sarah Polley) *

075. (11 Jun) Crazy Love (2007, Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens) ***1/2

076. (13 Jun) Flanders (2007, Bruno Dumont) ***

077. (18 Jun) Mr. Brooks (2007, Bruce A. Evans) *

078. (19 Jun) Let's Get Lost (1988, Bruce Weber) **1/2

s03. (20 Jun) Loom (2006, Scott Kravitz)

079. (20 Jun) Lights in the Dusk (2007, Aki Kaurismäki) *

080. (23 Jun) Broken English (2007, Zoe Cassavetes) **1/2

081. (24 Jun) New York, New York (1977 [1981 / 163 min. cut], Martin Scorsese) ***

s04. (25 Jun) Any Creature (2001, Patrick Daughters) [pv] [rough sound mix]

s05. (25 Jun) In Life We Soar (2001, Patrick Daughters) [pv]

082. (30 Jun) A Mighty Heart (2007, Michael Winterbottom) ****1/2

083. (30 Jun) Spider-Man 3 (2007, Sam Raimi) [70mm Imax] **1/2

s06. (01 Jul) Lifted (2006, Gary Rydstrom)

084. (01 Jul) Ratatouille (2007, Brad Bird) **

085. (06 Jul) Sicko (2007, Michael Moore) *

086. (07 Jul) Manufactured Landscapes (2007, Jennifer Baichwal) **

087. (07 Jul) You Kill Me (2007, John Dahl) **1/2

088. (08 Jul) Joshua (2007, George Ratliff) *

089. (14 Jul) Talk to Me (2007, Kasi Lemmons) **1/2

090. (15 Jul) Interview (2007, Steve Buscemi) **1/2

091. (21 Jul) Rescue Dawn (2007, Werner Herzog) **1/2

092. (22 Jul) Sunshine (2007, Danny Boyle) *

093. (28 Jul) Transformers (2007, Michael Bay) **

094. (28 Jul) How I Won the War (1967, Richard Lester) *1/2

095. (29 Jul) The Party (1968, Blake Edwards) ***1/2

096. (29 Jul) The Simpsons Movie (2007, David Silverman) ***

097. (04 Aug) No End in Sight (2007, Charles Ferguson) **1/2

098. (04 Aug) Battleship Potemkin (1925, Sergei Eisenstein) ** [Deutsche Kinemathek restoration; live musical accompaniment; live translation of intertitles]

s07. (04 Aug) Meetin' WA (1986, Jean-Luc Godard) [YouTube]

099. (04 Aug) The Silent Partner (1979, Daryl Duke) [DVD] ***

100. (05 Aug) This Is England (2007, Shane Meadows) ****

101. (05 Aug) The Devils (1971, Ken Russell) **

102. (08 Aug) The Bourne Ultimatum (2007, Paul Greengrass) *1/2

103. (11 Aug) Rocket Science (2007, Jeffrey Blitz) *

104. (12 Aug) /Pierrot le Fou/ (1965, Jean-Luc Godard) ***1/2 [first viewing: *1/2] [last seen: 27 Jan 03, on shitty Fox Lorber DVD]

105. (12 Aug) Live Free or Die Hard (2007, Len Wiseman) **

106. (17 Aug) Superbad (2007, Greg Mottola) *1/2

s08. (17 Aug) Women In Art (2007, Phillip Scott Johnson) [YouTube]

s09. (17 Aug) Women In Film (2007, Phillip Scott Johnson) [YouTube]

107. (18 Aug) The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007, Seth Gordon) **

108. (18 Aug) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956, Alfred Hitchcock) **1/2

109. (19 Aug) 2 Days in Paris (2007, Julie Delpy) *

110. (23 Aug) 12:08 East of Bucharest (2007, Corneliu Porumboiu) *1/2

111. (24 Aug) In the Valley of Elah (2007, Paul Haggis) ****1/2

112. (25 Aug) Delirious (2007, Tom DiCillo) *

113. (26 Aug) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978, Philip Kaufman) **1/2

114. (31 Aug) Deep Water (2007, Louise Osmond, Jerry Rothwell) *1/2

115. (01 Sep) Monterey Pop (1968, D.A. Pennebaker) [pv] **

116. (01 Sep) Halloween (2007, Rob Zombie) ***

117. (06 Sep) Starting Out in the Evening (2007, Andrew Wagner) *1/2

118. (06 Sep) The Mother of Tears (2007, Dario Argento) *1/2

119. (07 Sep) The Brave One (2007, Neil Jordan) *

120. (07 Sep) Flight of the Red Balloon (2007, Hou Hsiao-hsien) *

121. (07 Sep) Captain Mike Across America (2007, Michael Moore) [dp] *1/2

122. (07 Sep) The Visitor (2007, Tom McCarthy) **

123. (08 Sep) My Kid Could Paint That (2007, Amir Bar-Lev) **1/2

124. (08 Sep) The Edge of Heaven (2007, Fatih Akin) **1/2

125. (08 Sep) Juno (2007, Jason Reitman) **

126. (08 Sep) Nothing is Private (2007, Alan Ball) [dp] 1/2

127. (08 Sep) George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2007, George A. Romero) ***

128. (09 Sep) Eastern Promises (2007, David Cronenberg) *1/2

129. (09 Sep) Love Songs (2007, Christophe Honoré) *

130. (09 Sep) The Girl in the Park (2007, David Auburn) **1/2

131. (09 Sep) Bill (2007, Bernie Goldmann, Melisa Wallack) [dp] *

132. (10 Sep) No Country for Old Men (2007, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen) *****

133. (10 Sep) Battle in Seattle (2007, Stuart Townsend) **1/2

134. (10 Sep) Redacted (2007, Brian De Palma) [dp] *1/2

135. (10 Sep) Chop Shop (2007, Ramin Bahrani) ****

136. (10 Sep) Stuck (2007, Stuart Gordon) ****

137. (11 Sep) Silent Light (2007, Carlos Reygadas) *1/2

138. (11 Sep) A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2007, Wayne Wang) **

139. (11 Sep) Paranoid Park (2007, Gus Van Sant) *1/2

140. (11 Sep) Sukiyaki Western Django (2007, Takashi Miike) *1/2

141. (12 Sep) Cassandra's Dream (2007, Woody Allen) *1/2

142. (12 Sep) Encounters at the End of the World (2007, Werner Herzog) [dp] ****1/2

143. (12 Sep) Married Life (2007, Ira Sachs) **

144. (12 Sep) The Devil's Chair (2007, Adam Mason) [dp] 1/2

145. (13 Sep) Battle for Haditha (2007, Nick Broomfield) [dp] **

146. (13 Sep) Angel (2007, François Ozon) *1/2

147. (13 Sep) You, the Living (2007, Roy Andersson) ****

148. (14 Sep) Corroboree (2007, Ben Hackworth) [dp] *

149. (14 Sep) A Girl Cut in Two (2007, Claude Chabrol) no stars

150. (14 Sep) Son of Rambow (2007, Garth Jennings) *

151. (14 Sep) Weirdsville (2007, Allan Moyle) *

152. (15 Sep) Smiley Face (2007, Gregg Araki) ***

153. (15 Sep) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007, Sidney Lumet) ***1/2

154. (15 Sep) XXY (2007, Lucía Puenzo) 1/2

155. (15 Sep) It's a Free World... (2007, Ken Loach) ****

156. (15 Sep) Lou Reed's Berlin (2007, Julian Schnabel) **

157. (19 Sep) /The Landlord/ (1970, Hal Ashby) ** [last seen: Fall 2001, theatrically]

158. (19 Sep) Across the Universe (2007, Julie Taymor) *1/2

159. (21 Sep) In the Shadow of the Moon (2007, David Sington) ***1/2

160. (25 Sep) /Paper Moon/ (1973, Peter Bogdanovich) ****1/2 [last seen: 20 Aug 03, on DVD]

s10. (26 Sep) Hotel Chevalier (2007, Wes Anderson) [iTunes]

s11. (26 Sep) /Hotel Chevalier/ (2007, Wes Anderson) [iTunes]

161. (26 Sep) The Last Winter (2007, Larry Fessenden) *

162. (27 Sep) King of California (2007, Mike Cahill) **

163. (27 Sep) I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2007, Jeff Garlin) *

164. (28 Sep) Take a Letter, Darling (1942, Mitchell Leisen) **

165. (28 Sep) Bachelor Mother (1939, Garson Kanin) *1/2

s12. (28 Sep) Rambocky (2007, Trent L. Strauss) [QuickTime]

166. (30 Sep) Feast of Love (2007, Robert Benton) *

167. (01 Oct) Harper (1966, Jack Smight) [DVD] **

168. (02 Oct) The Heartbreak Kid (2007, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly) **1/2

169. (03 Oct) Michael Clayton (2007, Tony Gilroy) *

170. (04 Oct) The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007, Andrew Dominik) **

171. (06 Oct) /Lethal Weapon/ (1987, Richard Donner) [DVD] * [last seen: late 2000 or early 2001, on DVD]

172. (08 Oct) /Bottle Rocket/ (1996, Wes Anderson) ***1/2 [last seen: 2000 or 2001, on DVD]

173. (08 Oct) /Cliffhanger/ (1993, Renny Harlin) [DVD] *** [last seen: 7+ years ago -- probably on DVD -- although I first saw this film during its theatrical release; the experience changed my life]

174. (10 Oct) Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982 [2007], Ridley Scott) [4K dp] ** [never previously seen in any incarnation!]

175. (11 Oct) 3:10 to Yuma (2007, James Mangold) **

176. (11 Oct) Zabriskie Point (1970, Michelangelo Antonioni) *

177. (12 Oct) Women in Love (1969, Ken Russell) *1/2

178. (13 Oct) The Darjeeling Limited (2007, Wes Anderson) ***1/2

179. (13 Oct) Into the Wild (2007, Sean Penn) **1/2

180. (14 Oct) Lake of Fire (2007, Tony Kaye) [dp] **

181. (15 Oct) Dead Man's Shoes (2006, Shane Meadows) *

s13. (16 Oct) The Headshot (2006, Shonali Bhowmik, Heather Lawless, Chelsea Peretti, Andrea Rosen) [DVD]

s14. (16 Oct) Valentine (2006, Bhowmik, Lawless, Peretti, Rosen) [DVD]

s15. (16 Oct) Pot Luck (2006, Bhowmik, Lawless, Peretti, Rosen) [DVD]

s16. (16 Oct) River Thoughts (2006, Bhowmik, Lawless, Peretti, Rosen) [DVD]

s17. (16 Oct) T.G.I.F. (2006, Bhowmik, Lawless, Peretti, Rosen) [DVD]

s18. (16 Oct) Workout (2006, Bhowmik, Lawless, Peretti, Rosen) [DVD]

s19. (16 Oct) Slumber Party (2006, Bhowmik, Lawless, Peretti, Rosen) [DVD]

s20. (16 Oct) The Rehearsal (2006, Bhowmik, Lawless, Peretti, Rosen) [DVD]

s21. (16 Oct) Bake Sale (2006, Bhowmik, Lawless, Peretti, Rosen) [DVD]

s22. (16 Oct) /34-14/ (2006, Bhowmik, Lawless, Peretti, Rosen) [DVD] [last seen: 5 May 06, via online video]

s23. (16 Oct) Ganesha (2006, Bhowmik, Lawless, Peretti, Rosen) [DVD]

182. (17 Oct) Duel (1971 [1983], Steven Spielberg) [DVD] **1/2 [90 min. theatrical cut]

183. (18 Oct) The Earrings of Madame de... (1953, Max Ophüls) **

184. (19 Oct) A Brighter Summer Day (1991, Edward Yang) *1/2 [237 min. (not a typo) director's cut]

185. (20 Oct) The Sleeping Car Murder (1965, Costa-Gavras) *1/2

186. (20 Oct) The Champagne Murders (1967, Claude Chabrol) *1/2 [98 min. dubbed-in-English cut]

187. (22 Oct) Control (2007, Anton Corbijn) *1/2

188. (22 Oct) /Joy Ride/ (2001, John Dahl) [DVD] *1/2 [last seen: Spring 2002, on DVD]

189. (23 Oct) Things We Lost in the Fire (2007, Susanne Bier) **1/2

190. (24 Oct) /12 Angry Men/ (1957, Sidney Lumet) ***** [last seen: 8 years <, on VHS]

191. (25 Oct) American Gangster (2007, Ridley Scott) **

192. (28 Oct) The Last House on the Left (1972, Wes Craven) [DVD] 1/2 [84 min. cut]

193. (29 Oct) Gone Baby Gone (2007, Ben Affleck) **

s24. (31 Oct) What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963, Martin Scorsese)

s25. (31 Oct) It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964, Martin Scorsese)

s26. (31 Oct) /The Big Shave/ (1967, Martin Scorsese) [last seen: late 2001 or early 2002, probably via projected VHS]

s27. (31 Oct) Italianamerican (1974, Martin Scorsese)

194. (01 Nov) Le Deuxième Souffle (1966, Jean-Pierre Melville) **1/2

195. (02 Nov) The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976, Nicolas Gessner) * [16mm print struck for television]

196. (02 Nov) Bad Ronald (1974, Buzz Kulik) *1/2 [16mm, but this is a made-for-TV movie so it's doubtful any 35mm prints exist]

197. (03 Nov) Southland Tales (2007, Richard Kelly) * [144 min., post-Cannes cut]

W/O. (03 Nov) The Last Mistress (2007, Catherine Breillat) [two reels seen]

198. (03 Nov) The Castle (1997, Michael Haneke) *

199. (04 Nov) The Narrow Margin (1952, Richard Fleischer) **

200. (04 Nov) /Lost Highway/ (1997, David Lynch) *1/2 [last seen: original theatrical release]

201. (05 Nov) 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (2007, Cristian Mungiu) ***

202. (05 Nov) Dune (1984, David Lynch) 1/2

203. (06 Nov) Big Rig (2007, Doug Pray) [dp] ***

204. (08 Nov) Noise (2007, Henry Bean) [dp] 1/2

205. (09 Nov) The Duchess of Langeais (2007, Jacques Rivette) *1/2

206. (09 Nov) Our Mother's House (1967, Jack Clayton) *1/2

207. (10 Nov) Margot at the Wedding (2007, Noah Baumbach) **1/2

208. (10 Nov) /Smiley Face/ (2007, Gregg Araki) *** [last seen: 15 Sep 07]

209. (11 Nov) The Savages (2007, Tamara Jenkins) ***

210. (11 Nov) Lynch (2007, blackANDwhite) [dp] **1/2

211. (13 Nov) Lars and the Real Girl (2007, Craig Gillespie) *

212. (15 Nov) There Will Be Blood (2007, Paul Thomas Anderson) ***1/2

213. (16 Nov) /Eraserhead/ (1977, David Lynch) *1/2 [last seen: 29 Nov 02, theatrically]

214. (19 Nov) Dan in Real Life (2007, Peter Hedges) **

215. (21 Nov) I'm Not There (2007, Todd Haynes) *****

216. (23 Nov) Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1954, Jacques Tati) **

217. (24 Nov) /Stardust Memories/ (1980, Woody Allen) ***1/2 [last seen: July 2002, theatrically]

218. (25 Nov) A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966, Fielder Cook) [DVD] **

s28. (25 Nov) White Mane (1953, Albert Lamorisse) [Dubbed-in-English] [2.5 stars]

s29. (25 Nov) The Red Balloon (1956, Albert Lamorisse) [4 stars]

219. (25 Nov) /I'm Not There/ (2007, Todd Haynes) ***** [last seen: 21 Nov 07, theatrically]

220. (26 Nov) High Noon (1952, Fred Zinnemann) **

221. (27 Nov) Lions for Lambs (2007, Robert Redford) **1/2

222. (29 Nov) /Zodiac/: Director's Cut (2007, David Fincher) [dp] ****1/2 [initial cut last seen: 10 Mar 07, theatrically]

223. (30 Nov) King of the Hill (1993, Steven Soderbergh) **

224. (30 Nov) /Home Alone/ (1990, Chris Columbus) *1/2 [last seen: 11 years <, on VHS]

225. (01 Dec) Ball of Fire (1941, Howard Hawks) *1/2

226. (02 Dec) /Murder on the Orient Express/ (1974, Sidney Lumet) * [last seen: 8 years <, on VHS]

227. (04 Dec) /Juno/ (2007, Jason Reitman) **1/2 [first viewing: **] [last seen: 08 Sep 07, theatrically]

228. (05 Dec) /There Will Be Blood/ (2007, Paul Thomas Anderson) ***** [first viewing: ***1/2] [last seen: 15 Nov 07, theatrically]

229. (07 Dec) Leave Her to Heaven (1945, John M. Stahl) **

230. (08 Dec) /The Last Boy Scout/ (1991, Tony Scott) ** [last viewing: ~***1/2] [last seen: 26 Apr 03, on DVD]

231. (08 Dec) /Kiss Kiss Bang Bang/ (2005, Shane Black) ** [last seen: 31 Oct 05, theatrically]

232. (09 Dec) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007, Julian Schnabel) *

233. (10 Dec) Atonement (2007, Joe Wright) *

234. (11 Dec) The Amateurs (2007, Michael Traeger) 1/2

235. (12 Dec) Diva (1981, Jean-Jacques Beineix) *1/2

236. (13 Dec) /There Will Be Blood/ (2007, Paul Thomas Anderson) ***** [last seen: 05 Dec 07, theatrically]

237. (15 Dec) Head (1968, Bob Rafelson) *1/2

238. (16 Dec) The Thin Man (1934, W.S. Van Dyke) **

239. (17 Dec) Grace is Gone (2007, James C. Strouse) *

240. (18 Dec) /Black Christmas/ (1974, Bob Clark) ***1/2 [first viewing: *****] [last seen: 23 Jun 04, on DVD]

241. (20 Dec) Youth Without Youth (2007, Francis Ford Coppola) *1/2

242. (21 Dec) /A Christmas Story/ (1983, Bob Clark) *1/2 [last seen: 17 Oct 03, on DVD]

243. (21 Dec) National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989, Jeremiah S. Chechik) *

244. (22 Dec) /Die Hard/ (1988, John McTiernan) *** [last seen: 8 years <, on Laserdisc]

245. (23 Dec) Charlie Wilson's War (2007, Mike Nichols) *1/2

246. (29 Dec) Night Nurse (1931, William A. Wellman) *1/2

247. (29 Dec) /No Country for Old Men/ (2007, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen) *****